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RAeS events deliver expert content, insight and networking across the breadth of technical, engineering and business subjects affecting aerospace professionals.
Our annual calendar of around 20 events of lectures, technical visits, competitions and field trips are designed to support your professional development and industry knowledge.
Airbus A350F – From market need to product definition
27 November 2024 - 6pm
The Airbus A350F is newest member of the A350 family and will join the fleet of Cathay Pacific Airways.
Joël Rocker, Chief Engineerfor the A350F will share how the market defined and shaped this newest wide body freighter aircraft.
Joël has been appointed A350 Chief Engineer Deputy in charge of product development on 1st of July 2018 and, in addition, has been appointed A350 Freighter Chief Engineer in July 2021.
With a 27-year engineering background, Joël has been Vice-President Engineering at Airbus for the last 12 years. He previously held numerous leadership positions across Airbus engineering including the head of Propulsion Airframe Engineering for all Airbus programs. Before this, he was leading the Airframe and Cabin Engineering development of the A350-900 until the Entry into Service of the aircraft. Before this, he was heading Engineering activities for A320, A330 and A340 fuselage; during this period, he also led the fuselage development for the A330-200 Freighter and the A340-500/600.
In his early career stages, Joël held several engineering positions in research and development, loads, structure and composite materials. He was part of various programs such as the ATR72 composite outer wing box, A330/340 composite aileron, Mirage 2000 composite fin and A380 glare material development. He has demonstrated his Airframe Architect and Aircraft Architect credentials at Airbus throughout his career.
Joël graduated at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes and holds a Master of Science in Mathematics and Mechanics. Joël is also a private pilot, glider pilot and Flight Instructor and Examiner with more than 2000 flight hours.
This event will be a webinar.
Date : 27 November 2024
Time : 6pm
Christmas Quiz is back!
13 December 2024 - 7pm
Attention aviation enthusiasts! The Aviation Quiz is back, promising more excitement and challenges. It’s your chance to demonstrate your knowledge and win amazing prizes.
Get ready to test your skills and compete with the best in the field. Join us for an exciting evening! See you there!
Form a team of FOUR and use the link below for registration.
Team name
Team member names
Contact details, such as email and mobile, RAeS HKG Branch member numbers, if applicable, Organisation (workplace/university etc.)
Location: Godfield Room, HK Aviation Club, 31 Sung Wong Toi Rd, Ma Tau Chung, Kowloon City
Date and Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm, 13 Dec 2024
Entry Fee*: HKD 500 per team and HKD 250 for student teams, which will be collected on the day of event.
*Food and beverage provided.
Priority will be given to current members.
Upon successful registration, notification email will be sent for confirmation.
JK Swire Annual Dinner and Lecture - Concorde
8 November 2024 - 7:30pm
THE EVENT IS ALMOST AT CAPACITY, BOOK YOUR TICKETS SOON.
The year is rolling on fast and we now ready to launch our prestigeous JK Swire Annual Dinner and Lecture.
Last year, Phill O’Dell shared his passion in developing the fastest electric airplane, Accell.
The theme of speed is also headlines in this year’s lecture.
The lecture is simply called "Concorde". A name which sits as a cornerstone of aviation and air transportation history. The Branch is honoured to have Capt Mike Bannister, British Airways Chief Pilot for Concorde as our guest speaker.
He will share his personal story with this special aircraft, from its early beginnings to its retirement in 2003.
Come and get your tickets for this very special evening and mingle with Hong Kong aviation enthusiasts.
Venue : New World Millennium Hotel, Hong Kong Hotel
72 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Date : 8 November 2024
Time : 7:30pm
This is a “Black Tie/Business Attire” event.
Tickets : HKD 600 for members and HKD 1200 for non members.
Registeration will open shortly.
Once your registration is received, you will receive an email with ticket payment details You will then receive an acceptance email, once payment is confirmed.
Development of the Iconic B747
EVENT POSTPONED
24 September 2024 - 6pm
The iconic Boeing 747 is the Queen of the Skies. This particular Boeing model has special place in Hong Kong, pioneering long haul travel with Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways.
This is an end to end look at the development and production of the 747 including various flight tests and a summary video of the last aircraft production ceremony.
Our speaker is Curt Gottshall, 747/757/767 Chief Pilot.
Captain Gottshall is the Engineering Chief Pilot of the 747, 757 & 767 in the Boeing Test & Evaluation Flight Operations organization. His responsibilities include working with the 747 and 767 Chief Project Engineers on all commercial flight-related engineering, production, and sustainment activities for these three aircraft in the Boeing Commercial fleet including all out of production models. He also leads a Flight Crew Training IPT in Product Development for the FFD product study.
He previously served Boeing as the 747 Chief Technical Pilot and Lead Technical Pilot for the 737 MAX Return to Service. Prior to joining Boeing, he worked as a chief pilot, consultant, international airline captain, contract pilot, flight and simulator instructor for several different operators, predominantly in Asia (including a short time as a Cathay Pacific 777 Simulator Instructor). Captain Gottshall holds Airline Transport Pilots Licenses in three different countries, holds type ratings on the 737, 747 Classic, 747-400/-8, 757, 767, 777, CE-500, DC-10 and currently actively flies the 737, 747, 767, KC-46 and 777 in addition to GA aircraft and has accumulated over 12,000 hours of flight time.
Curt received a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Science in 1996 and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Engineering Management both from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He lives in Seattle with his wife Ekaterina, two boys Cole (10) Clark (7) and baby girl Chloe (2). He enjoys sharing his appreciation for the outdoors with his family through activities like camping, dirt biking, boating, hiking, hunting, fishing, baseball and general aviation flying.
Date : 24 September 2024
Time : 6pm
Location : Room 432, Cathay Pacific Airways, Cathay City, Scenic Road, Hong Kong International Airport.
The Rolls Royce Power GearBox - Webinar
28 August 2024 - 6pm
As we roll into the summer, we got some new tech to share with our members.
The Rolls-Royce UltraFan is a demonstrator aero engine – the largest in the world – containing a suite of new technologies that deliver greater fuel efficiency, which in turn means lower emissions and greater sustainability. UltraFan offers a 25% fuel burn improvement on the first generation of Trent engines.
Phase 1 of testing UF001 has been completed, with the engine running to full power, >85,000lbs of thrust. The technologies in the engine are scalable, capable of being developed to create an engine with a thrust range of ~25,000lb to 110,000lb, for narrowbody or widebody aircraft that may be developed from the 2030s.
The Power Gearbox (PGB) is at the heart of the geared system that delivers UltraFan’s high bypass efficiency – enabling the demonstrator core to drive the very large fan blades. On test, the PGB has reached 64MW (87,000 horsepower) an aerospace record and equivalent to the power requirements for a city the size of Bath, UK.
The lecture will cover both technical and programme details of the PGB.
Speaker Details: Sonja Nachtigal (Chief Project Engineer PGB)
Sonja Nachtigal is currently Chief Project Engineer for the Power Gearbox. She works for Rolls-Royce Deutschland in Dahlewitz, near Berlin, and previously covered a number of roles in Systems Design.
Date : 28 August 2024
Time : 6pm
Register now to get your link for this webinar.
Annual General Meeting & Government Flying Services Technical Visit
17 June 2024 - 6pm
The visit will have an introduction to the work of Government Flying Services. The members will then have a chance to experience a H175 full flight simulator visit and H175 heavy maintenance. GFS dedicated training scenes (e.g. fire fighting) will be launched during the visit to give participants a taste of how GFS helicopter pilots keeps their skill set current using the full flight simulator. Apart from operational side, members will be able to appreciate the complexity of H175 maintenance tasks and facilities needed to keep the fleet healthy.
Details of the AGM will be sent to members.
This is a members only event. If you are not a member yet, please join us and get an opportunity to visit Hong Kong’s GFS.
Date and Time : 17 June 2024, 6pm
Location : 18 South Perimeter Road, Hong Kong International Airport,
Lantau, Hong Kong